EG refuses to review Melty Blood: Actress Again

Now, I'm not being funny, but EG reviews some utter shit that generates only very short comments threads. I can only assume that they don't want the review because they don't think enough people will read it, even compared with some of this utter shit.

Is this really the way that games journalism should be conducted? Or does it just expose in some way the flaws in games journalism compared to music, film, etc?

"I can only assume that they don't want the review because they don't think enough people will read it, even compared with some of this utter shit."

Matt asked about Melty Blood, and I said there wasn't any room for it at the moment. It's true - there isn't really. You should see all the reviews of utter shit I've commissioned that we need to get out of the way first!

That's not to say we won't look at it when things die down, in much the same way we try to catch up with wicked-looking Japanese games people tell me about months after the fact that I missed at the time, and in much the same way we've reviewed BlazBlue (in the arcade and at home), KOF XII (on import, which we obviously had to buy in) and have Cross Edge coming up shortly, on the subject of beat-'em-ups. But right now Melty's hard to fit on the slate.

It's not a conspiracy though, and I certainly didn't "refuse" to have it reviewed, so please try not to jump to conclusions. I know I don't spend enough time on the forum, but I am always around, so if you have a question about the site or a suggestion of a game to look at, you can always PM me and I'll be happy to let you know.

Thank you for the reply Mugwum, I will admit I deliberately used a slighty antagonistic thread title/OP to try to coax a response from someone "in the know", in future I'll bear in mind that you respond to PMs. Again, thank you for the clarification.

Gremmi: I don't agree with the title of "MW"2, and I believe they have gone back to calling it Call of Duty in some way shape or form. The quotation marks express my displeasure at the use of "MW"2.

Who cares about this game. There are tons of games that don't get reviewed. You can't cover everything and as it it is I think fighting games get too much coverage. They're shit. Tons of games I'd like to see reviewed, but you can't just cater for me.

Pirotic wrote:
Never heard of the game before, is it getting a european release? Can't really blame EG for ignoring it tbh, reviews can't be that cheap for a niche title.

I want to congratulate you on a) not reading the thread and b) being part of the problem.

rofl

Hehe.

I'd love to read a Fork Lift Truck Simulator review just for the shenmue jokes, but If I was running a site I'd never actually commission one. Anyhow, nothings stopping you from making an official Melty Blood thread to enlighten us all about how wonderful it is (if it is wonderful).. considering two games managed to already get released on these shores and I've never heard of it probably says it all tho

Failing that, where the fuck is my Dream Club C review EG? Come on! You review shit like Halo yet don't review the most anticipated game according to Famitsu

I can't imagine many sites have the revenue to just approve anything, KoF is a pretty big franchise, Melty Blood isn't. It's not evil, it's just staying in business.